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Uh yeah. MontanaMama May 2019 #1
You and me both, Montana. Ohiogal May 2019 #3
Right there with you, MontanaMama and Ohiogal! pazzyanne May 2019 #12
Is the flip side of this argument that the same people hughee99 May 2019 #2
Your flipside argument doesn't work well StarfishSaver May 2019 #7
Well said. Thanks. nt Atticus May 2019 #8
If you consider an unborn child an "other life", then an abortion hughee99 May 2019 #9
It puts ONE life in danger, a life that is completely dependent upon the mother StarfishSaver May 2019 #11
Let's be honest here, it doesn't put one life "in danger" hughee99 May 2019 #14
That's the basic disagreement Fortinbras Armstrong May 2019 #53
Exactly. If one wants to change someone's mind on abortion, hughee99 May 2019 #54
The same people who are restricting abortion pass laws against birth control. Blue_true May 2019 #16
Yes, the same idiots who believe that sex should only be hughee99 May 2019 #22
To which I respond that in 45 years, I would estimate that my wife and I Fortinbras Armstrong May 2019 #57
If men didn't ejaculate in vaginas JustAnotherGen May 2019 #30
If don't know if that this is HIS argument (the poster) fescuerescue May 2019 #47
well said. I would only add that someone's right to practice his demigoddess May 2019 #49
If you don't believe in guns, don't buy one. hughee99 May 2019 #56
No, because someone can shoot me with a gun kcr May 2019 #60
The argument against guns is that you could hurt someone else. hughee99 May 2019 #63
If you're seeing fetuses out in the world living and acting independent of women kcr May 2019 #64
If you think a fetus is a life, it doesn't matter where it is. hughee99 May 2019 #66
Whether a fetus is alive or not isn't the issue. kcr May 2019 #68
You are dead wrong. Blue_true May 2019 #15
If you believe that a fetus is a life, like the kind of people hughee99 May 2019 #19
The existence of the fetus is sustained by the body of the woman carrying it. Blue_true May 2019 #21
Is that what the definition of "life" is? hughee99 May 2019 #24
People purposely conflate the meaning of life, especially the right. nt Blue_true May 2019 #25
I don't know that they're intentionally doing it, I didn't hughee99 May 2019 #26
I was born and raised in the Bible Belt and live here now. Blue_true May 2019 #29
It is ONLY about hatred and controlling women, period. Eliot Rosewater May 2019 #36
The people who want to outlaw abortion have a "definition" of life based upon their smirkymonkey May 2019 #50
My experience has been that, when given a matter of opinion, hughee99 May 2019 #52
I think the critical and relevant difference between the two is "collective good" vs. idiocy. LanternWaste May 2019 #44
So when "life begins" is strictly based on science and is not currently hughee99 May 2019 #55
Careful. Your slip is showing. kcr May 2019 #61
Not as much as their inability to support their argument. hughee99 May 2019 #62
The ability to recognize and point out false equivalencies kcr May 2019 #65
I'll take full responsibility for what I said, but not for your ability to understand it. hughee99 May 2019 #67
Why are you even trying to prove that they're wrong here? kcr May 2019 #69
I'll note that you didn't point out what in my post is wrong. hughee99 May 2019 #70
Well, DU just isn't aware they have an expert among us. kcr May 2019 #71
Any time you want to tell me what is wrong in my post hughee99 May 2019 #72
They want to control women. Full stop. onecaliberal May 2019 #4
I actually think they want to control more than women. erronis May 2019 #5
Damn them all Traildogbob May 2019 #6
+1 MontanaMama May 2019 #28
They also regard the Confederates as heroic Freedom Fighters struggle4progress May 2019 #10
Yeah, screwed up to say the least. nt Blue_true May 2019 #17
And they are the very same people who like to scream that dflprincess May 2019 #13
...before the xtians can enact their version of it! FiveGoodMen May 2019 #41
It's called full blown HYPOCRISY. Ferrets are Cool May 2019 #18
They want to force women to have babies they can't afford or that will have tragic Blue_true May 2019 #23
They're also the same people who favor denying healthcare to millions progree May 2019 #20
THIS. area51 May 2019 #27
Emergency rooms aren't healthcare? Technically you're IAintMissBehavin May 2019 #31
"We don't throw patients out on the street." BumRushDaShow May 2019 #32
You are right ismnotwasm May 2019 #33
Yup. BumRushDaShow May 2019 #35
The primacy of the shareholder doctrine forces hospitals and doctors PatrickforO May 2019 #51
They're not the same people. Hortensis May 2019 #34
I know it's absurd. The cognitive dissonance is staggering to behold. Texin May 2019 #37
Don't look for internal consistency, you'll never find it. Saviolo May 2019 #38
Right now tRump is doing Saudi bidding by saber-rattling with Iran. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #40
An abortion does not endanger any other person than the woman. Anti-vax is a public danger. Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #39
The same people who rant 'freedom of religion' want the gov't to teach religion in the schools rathe keithbvadu2 May 2019 #42
You're not mistake, you're just able to think rationally and they are not. pdsimdars May 2019 #43
Mistaken? How Could You Be Mistaken? corbettkroehler May 2019 #45
There is no shortage of contrary opinions in either party fescuerescue May 2019 #46
You are not mistaken. warmfeet May 2019 #48
K&R ck4829 May 2019 #58
I don't know. Captain Stern May 2019 #59
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